Piotrkow Diocese History

Diocese Piotrkow

(courtesy of Omar Welke)

The Diocese of Petrikau (Piotrkow) was created in 1901 by splitting the previous four diocese (Warschau, Plock, Kalisch and Augustowo) into five dioceses. It included 15 Kirchspiele (Parishes) and 10 Filialen (affiliates).

Alexandrow (affiliate Huta Bardzinska)

Belchatow (affiliates Pozdzienice and Brzeziny)

Czestechowa

Kleszczow (affiliate Dziepolc)

Konstantinow (affiliate Poddebice)

St. Trinitatis Lodz

St. Johannis Lodz

Nowosolna

Ozorkow (affiliates Leczyca, Pabianice)

Petrikau (affiliates, Przedborz, Pilica, Kamocin)

Sosnowiec (affiliate Dombrowa)

Tomaschow (affiliate Tschenstochau, Zawiercie)

Zgierz

The boundaries were once again changed in 1936. This a summary of the Piotrkow Diocese parishes and affiliates as listed in the book by Eduard Kneifel "Die Evangelisch-Augsburgischen Gemeinden in Polen 1555-1939".